Lamp-stove.



PATENTED SEPT. 8, 1908.

A. A. WARNER.

LAMP STOVE.

APPLICATION 11.31) 11110.2,

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UNITED STATES PATE T OFFICE.

ALONZO A. WARNER, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO LANDERS,FRARY AND CLARK, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION.

LAMP-STOVE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 8, 1908.

Application filed December 2, 1907. Serial No. 404,812.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALoNzo A. WARNER, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inLamp-Stoves, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in lamp stoves and the main objectof my improvement is to so construct the stove as not to have its baseover heated, whereby the stove may be safely used upon an ordinarydining table.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a side elevation of my stove,together with a vapor lamp for heating whatever vessel may be placed onthe stove. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the said stove on the line a::1: of Fig. 1, without the lamp. Fig. 3 is a reverse plan view of thesame with a portion of the base ring broken out.

A designates a thin sheet metal base having a rim 4 at its lower edgethat serves as the foot upon which the entire stove rests when supportedupon a table or equivalent flat surface. The said base is also providedat its top with an annular shoulder or head 5 and a lamp seat 6 insideof and below the top of the said shoulder. The said base eX- tendsinwardly and upwardly in any pleasing design from its base rim 4, to theannular shoulder 5 so as to form an inverted saucer shaped space withinthe said base on its under side and make what may be called a hollowbase. Within this hollow base, I suspend a base ring 7, preferably ofcast metal and of a sufficient thickness to properly support the stovelegs 8. The said base ring, as shown, is provided with bosses 9 thatproject from the upper side of the said ring, which ring is suspendedfrom the under side of the hollow base by means of rivets or screws 10passing through the said sheet metal base and bosses, the bosses alonecoming in contact with the metal of the base, so that there is an airspace between the top of the base ring and under side of the sheet metalbase at all points other than that occupied by the said bosses. The saidbase ring is also perforated by as many holes as there are legs 8 forthe stove top 1 1. As shown the base ring is slightly increased inthickness at its under side around each of the leg perforations, butthis is not essential. The legs 8 are preferably formed of wire withslight shoulders 12, Fig. 2, for engaging the top face of the base ringand with threaded lower ends 13 for the application of 11111381 1 tofirmly secure the said legs within the said base ring, as shown in Fig.2, the said nuts being somewhat elevated above the lower surface of thefoot of the stove. These legs 8 project upwardly through holes in thesheet metal base to the stove top 11, that is supported on the upperends of the said legs. I prefer to make these holes 15, Fig. 3, throughthe sheet metal base, a little larger than the legs which pass throughthe said holes, as shown at the upper portion of Fig. 3, so thatwhatever heat may be conducted downwardly through the legs will not beconducted to the sheet metal base to such a degree as it would if thelegs and base were in direct contact.

The stove top 11 may be of any suitable construction for vessels, orwhatever is to be heated, to rest upon. As shown it is of a skeleton oropenwork form, mainly com posed of a ring with inwardly projecting arms.The upper end of each leg is turned horizontally inward and passedthrough holes in the stove top 11 so that these ends 16 form three ofthe inwardly projecting arms of the said stove which top has theordinary functions of an open work stove top. The lamp B may be of anyordinary construction and rests upon the lamp seat inside of the annularshoulder or head of the sheet metal base A, as shown in Fig. 1.

As in other lamp stoves, the stove top or platform is necessarily heatedand this heat will be conducted more or less downwardly through the legs8 that support the stove top. By my improvements this heat so conducteddown the legs will pass into the base ring 7 and will largely radiatetherefrom into the hollow space within the sheet metal base A. The sheetmetal base is so thin and so completely surrounded by air, that it willnot be over heated by the said base ring and the stove may be used uponan ordinary dining room table without any danger of burning the tablecloth or of heating the surface of the table to such an extent as to marits finish. At the same time the construction is simple and inexpensivewhile the article is substantial and durable.

I claim as my invention:

1. A lamp stove comprising a hollow sheet metal base, a base ringsuspended within the said base, supporting legs having their lower endssecured to the said base ring within the said hollow base, and a stovetop supported by the upper ends of the said legs above the said hollowbase.

2. A lamp stove, comprising a hollow sheet metal base having a bottomrim that serves as the foot of the stove and having at its upper part alamp seat, a base ring suspended within the said hollow base with an airspace between the top of the said base ring and under side of the saidhollow base, supporting legs rigidly secured by their lower ends to thesaid base ring Within the said hollow base and extending upwardlytherethrough, and a stove top supported by the upper ends of the saidlegs above the said lamp seat.

3. A lamp stove comprising a hollow sheet metal base that serves as thefoot of the stove, a base ring depending from the said base with itslowermost part in a higher plane than the said foot of the stove,supporting legs rigidly secured by their lower ends to the saiddepending base ring underneath the said hollow sheet metal base, and anopenwork stove top supported by the upper ends of the said legs abovethe said hollow sheet metal base. i

' ALONZO A. WARNER.

Witnesses:

H. A. TRAVER, LEROY H. PAGE.

